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McHenry County-Political Influence vs Justice

When we see such clear evidence of wrongdoing with taxpayer money and no one is charged, more often than not, local relationships hold the clues as to why we have little accountability at the local level.

That old saying you don’t crap where you eat has become the standard in Illinois and McHenry County appears to fall in line with the rest of the state.

The politics of Illinois knows no bounds when it comes to matters of influence peddling and protecting the status quo through all that talking behind the scenes.

The key to breaking this chain, known as the Combine in Illinois, is exposure.

Connect the dots as it relates to Algonquin Township:

Judge Micheal Chmiel – Current Civil Judge in McHenry County – After graduating law school clerked for a Bankruptcy Court in Rockford. In 2002, started his own firm and a large part of his practice involved local government law.

Bob Miller – Former Algonquin Road District Commissioner, a personal friend of Judge Chmiel with whom he had a long-standing political, professional, and social relationship with, to include having Chmiel’s law firm represent the Road District.

Miller and Judge Chmiel served together on the Salvation Army Board

Rebecca Lee – Local attorney, daughter of Bob Miller -A native of McHenry County started her career as an Assistant McHenry County State’s Attorney. -Asked Judge Chmiel for an emergency special hearing for her arrested Uncle in 2007. Judge Chmiel later reprimanded for an appearance of improprietyrelated to that emergency hearing. [See McHenry County Blog article on the subject here.]

James Kelley – former Assistant State’s Attorney, McHenry County, Senior Litigation Attorney for 8 years. In that role, represented the McHenry County Board, the McHenry County Sheriff, Recorder of Deeds, the McHenry County Clerk, Planning and Development Department, and Transportation Department. Algonquin Township Attorney, also named in Bankruptcy final report in 2007 of Karen Lukasik.

All of these people have an influence to some degree in the politics of McHenry County, with maybe the exception of Karen Lukasik who is simply unable to manage either her own finances or the office of Township Clerk.

With so many dots connected so close to Robert Miller, isn’t it fair to ask, what kind of influence do all these people have when it comes to possible criminal indictments against Robert Miller and others at the Algonquin Township Road District?

How many conversations have taken place over the last year on what should or should not happen on this matter?

Oh to be that fly on the wall!

We contend that this entire Algonquin mess is too politically sensitive for local prosecution.

When alleged criminal acts began to surface, the local Sheriff refused to investigate due to his political connections with those who would be investigated. [See McHenry County Blog article on the subject here.]

We understand the State Police were of little assistance due to resource allocation.

That leaves the State’s Attorney’s office to become both investigating agency and prosecutor.

A line that can only be walked with a very limited exception on this type of case.

Cross that line and the whole case gets thrown out.

Prosecution of public corruption can be a two-edged sword.

On one hand, you’re the citizen’s hero for protecting the taxpayer while on the other hand, you become the arch enemy of the political party of those charged, a sure self-destruction of future political favor if that is your own party, which in this case it is.

Putting local politics and friendship aside may well be one of the hardest things a prosecutor has to do.

If the local State’s Attorney selects to use his prosecutorial discretion and not prosecute, we predict he will be a one-term State’s Attorney.

We also predict if he does move forward with a truly aggressive prosecution, it will be a game changer to his political career as well as the career’s of numerous other corrupt public figures in McHenry County………..like maybe the Crystal Lake Park Board members giving themselves compensation in violation of the law?

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Wow, there’ an idiot for you. The state’s attorney and the county and all the judges and city mayors won’t even exist in five years! So let’s not even unveil the swamp or what is REALLY behind all of this camaraderie. You are on the right trail, Kirk. Kudos for your extensive investigations and under coverings. The cabal needs to go down.

The millers threw Chmiel and his wife to the dogs when they all got caught trying to keep Dave miller from spending the night in jail they trashed them like yesterday’s garbage Rebecca miller ((joke in it self) tried to clean up the mess her loving parents and uncle created

Disgusting people

Don’t put them in jail because they will continue to live and eat for free !!!??

A little background here from folks like AD …”Serco hired a parking enforcement team in 1998 to set demon traps for Hastert and his pedophile associates in Chicago and blackmailed them into moving the Boeing HQ to Chicago and structuring payments over the federal bridge to conceal mentored 8(a) murder-for-hire services on 9/11.”…

Did I not tell you that this is connected to pedophilia? (It is all connecting to SES and the same coup d’etat you are seeing in federal) Drain the swamp boys!

Interesting that we in McHenry County have to rely on an investigator from far away Edgar County rather than the many “news” media in the Chicago metro area such as the many tv stations, radio stations and newspapers.

Heed my warnings from the past ten years or so. Now Andrew hints at it also. Godspeed Andrew and Kirk. I pray daily for these demons to be bound. Could probably use a little prayer warfare from the rest of you that understand. Matthew 18:19-20